his secret love affair to his wife and three children and other people known to him. Justice Tay sentenced Leong to death in 2006 after founding him guilty of murder as he rejected Leong's defence that Liu willingly allowed him to strangle her as a way of a lover's suicide pact. He stated that Liu, who was young and intending to pursue a polytechnic diploma in tourism, excited to attend her sister's wedding etc., would not have any reason to commit suicide. Tay said in his judgement, “In the classic tragic tale of ill-fated love, the luckless lover committed suicide. Here, Romeo killed Juliet. It was a most disgusting and despicable murder. Liu Hong Mei died a very cruel, heartbreaking death.” Leong was subsequently hanged on 30 November 2007, after the failure of his appeal and clemency plea to the Court of Appeal and President of Singapore respectively. "One-eyed Dragon" Tan Chor Jin On 15 February 2006, with the help of his driver accomplice and childhood friend Lim Choon Chwee (alias Ah Chwee), 39-year-old gunman Tan Chor Jin, alias Tony Kia, forcefully entered the Serangoon flat of 41-year-old nightclub owner Lim Hock Soon (unrelated to Lim Choon Chwee) and pointed a gun at Lim and his family, threatening them and intending to rob them, as well as to settle scores with Lim on some unsettled issues. After robbing the family of their valuables, and telling Lim to tie up his wife, maid and then-13-year-old daughter, Tan told Lim to go into his study while the others gone to other rooms. Tan then proceed to fire his gun at Lim six times (one of the shots missed), and Lim, who sustained five gunshot wounds on his back, left arm, left thigh, right cheek and right temple, died as a result of the fatal gunshot wound at his right temple. Tan, who managed to escape Singapore with the help of Malaysian Ho Yueh Keong, was arrested in Kuala Lumpur ten days later, after he was listed on the international police wanted list in light of the shooting. Initially charged with murder, Tan was subsequently brought to trial in the High Court on an amended charge of unlawfully discharging a firearm under the Arms Offences Act, which also warrants the mandatory death penalty like murder. Tan did not find a lawyer to represent himself in his defence, and defended himself in the trial,